Lu Chunping lowered her head, not daring to look at Jiang Juecheng.
Jiang Juecheng glanced at Lu Chunping, and he wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Lu Chunping seemed to have changed a lot. Although she was still a bit shy, she didn't seem as affected as before.
But when it comes to feelings, if you don't like someone, you just don't like them. He never thought of settling for a life of compromise.
Jiang Juecheng was a very straightforward person. He never considered whether he would embarrass the girl. After hearing Lu Chunping's words, he replied almost without thinking, "I don't like you, and I don't want to be your revolutionary partner."
"Why?" Lu Chunping blurted out.
Jiang Juecheng frowned and replied, "If you don't like it, you just don't like it. Why ask so many questions? Let's go back; we have things to do!"
After saying that, he ignored Lu Chunping, waved to Xu Zexi, and walked forward.
Lu Chunping stared blankly as Jiang Juecheng walked away, her heart aching. What could she do?
Lu Chunping herself didn't know when she fell deeply in love with Jiang Juecheng. Perhaps she already had feelings for him when she decided to approach him.
Lu Chunping used to be a very pragmatic person. In her dictionary, there was only useful or useless. She never invested her feelings in anyone, not even her own parents.
She's not the only child in the family, so it's inevitable that the parents will have biases.
Lu Chunping would often ask herself, "They treat you badly, so why do you insist on clinging to them for that pitiful love?"
Perhaps because she had never felt love from others, Lu Chunping was always the one who loved herself the most.
People have said she's selfish before. But what is selfishness? Does it mean you have to nourish others to avoid being selfish?
Why should she nourish others?
What do other people have to do with her?
She should focus on nourishing herself rather than others, because she has never experienced being nourished by others.
Lu Chunping has always been very clear-headed. She strives to live the life she believes is right, she is ambitious, and she is constantly thinking about how to live a better life.
Lu Chunping felt that wanting to live a better life was not wrong.
Unlike some people who are born into privilege, possess extraordinary abilities, and have an unattainable beauty, she is not so lucky.
As an ordinary person, she could only strive to climb the social ladder. And as a woman, the fastest way to live a better life was to marry a man with good prospects.
Therefore, Lu Chunping doesn't mind if others say she's selfish, pretentious, or that she's a toad who only wants to date swans.
Before she knew it, Lu Chunping was already in tears. It was a mistake; she had actually given her heart away.
Lu Chunping laughed self-deprecatingly. She resolutely wiped away her tears, patted her face with both hands, took a deep breath, and then exhaled heavily.
It's okay, Lu Chunping, cheer up! If this one doesn't work, we'll find the next one!
Lu Chunping left the Xu family's courtyard.
Xu Xinning stared at Lu Chunping's departing figure. Why did she suddenly feel that Lu Chunping seemed a little different from how she appeared?
Jiang Juecheng was much more familiar with the mountains behind Xujia Village than Xu Zexi. Back when he and Xu Mingyang were looking for their target, they had explored every nook and cranny of the mountains. He now knew exactly how many caves there were on the mountain.
On the contrary, although Xu Zexi is a local, he grew up in a compound. When Xu Yaozu returned from military service, Xu Zexi had already joined the army. In the past two years, he has only returned twice.
Although he went up the mountain when he returned, that was limited.
When I was little, it was even less likely that I would go up the mountain when I came back to visit my parents.
There have always been rumors in the village that there are large animals in the mountains, so the adults would never allow children to go up the mountain without adult supervision. Even if they were accompanied, they would only walk around the perimeter. If they could catch a rabbit, that would be an extraordinary feat.
As expected of the elites of the army, Jiang Juecheng led Xu Zexi through the mountains and forests. He and Xu Mingyang had set many traps in the deep mountains before, and since they hadn't been there for so long, they might have some unexpected gains.
When they arrived at the first trap, they were surprised to find two rabbits, but they had been dead for quite some time and were already rotting. It seemed that no one had been to this place since Jiang Juecheng and Xu Mingyang.
When they reached the second trap, it was badly damaged. Wild grass had grown inside and around it, and over time it had grown very tall, almost completely submerging the trap. Luckily, Jiang Juecheng had a good memory, otherwise he would have lost it long ago.
Although the trap was destroyed, the powerful weapon made of bamboo inside was still there. Fearing that innocent people would be harmed, Jiang Juecheng and Xu Zexi moved large stones and filled them inside.
The third trap looked like it had been tampered with, and was the kind that should be checked regularly; it was very well maintained.
Before even getting close to the fourth trap, they heard the pitiful cries of a wild boar.
Wild boars are social animals, so Jiang Juecheng and Xu Zexi didn't dare to approach them. They climbed a big tree to observe whether there were any hidden dangers in the surrounding area.
Sure enough, there were two large wild boars pacing around the trap, scratching at the edges and circling around it from time to time, looking quite agitated.
Looking down from their vantage point, the two men saw two wild boars in the trap. One was larger, covered in blood, and its cries were weak. Huddled together with it was a smaller wild boar, presumably a mother and child, or father and child, or perhaps a mother and daughter, or father and daughter.
Judging from the situation, the larger one must have fallen and gotten injured first. The smaller one tried to save the larger one but also accidentally fell in. The two on top are probably companions. Seeing that both of them have fallen, they don't know what to do, so they are anxiously watching from above.
Animals also have feelings; they don't want to stand by and watch someone die.
When Jiang Juecheng and Xu Zexi came, they brought hunting guns. These guns were brought by the two uncles of the two great-aunts. Mu Jingheng liked them very much and thought that having hunting guns would make hunting more convenient, so he left them behind.
After leaving the hunting rifle behind, Mu Jingheng was always busy. He went to Kyoto with Xu Xinning a couple of days later and has never used it since. He never expected that this trip would make things convenient for Jiang Juecheng and Xu Zexi.
Jiang Juecheng and Xu Zexi were not far from the two ferocious wild boars above them, which was the optimal distance for hunting. Moreover, they were in a high position, so their advantage was obvious. In addition, since the two were soldiers, their marksmanship was naturally superb.
With two loud thuds, two small holes appeared on the foreheads of the two wild boars. The two boars were confused about what had happened. They looked at each other with their four eyes, and then convulsed and collapsed to the ground.
He died with his eyes wide open in disbelief!
The two wild boars in the trap seemed to be stunned by the two gunshots, and for a moment they forgot to grunt.
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